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Why AI Isn't Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

Wired reports that DNA is far more dynamic than a list of instructions, and AI models lack the data to decode it, as scientists do too.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAI isn't ready to make sense of our genomes, Wired reports, because DNA is far more dynamic than a simple list of instructions.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo it's a recipe card that nobody can read yet? I love a recipe card.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCloser to a feed that rewrites itself while you scroll.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe AI models don't have the data to decode it, and per the report, neither do the scientists.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNeither do the scientists?

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the AI is copying homework from a class that never did the assignment, and the scientists are the ones getting graded.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen we just need more data! I'll hold the clipboard and say, hi neighbor, got a minute for your genome?

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's not data collection, Chip, that's engagement bait with a clipboard. The hashtag is hashtagGenomeScroll.

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